Ontology of Capabilities - Revision history

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	A capability is an attribute of a person or thing which brings benefits when realized. A hospital trauma system has capabilities and so also does a factory or an orchestra. Capabilities play a role in many kinds of decision-making. The job of educational institutions is to raise capabilities. Clinicians must deal with human capabilities such as the ability of patients to cope with pain or to follow doctors' instructions. Systems engineers must deal with the capabilities of both the mechanical elements of a system and also the human beings who will operate and maintain it. As information technology becomes involved in ever more aspects of healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, the ability to reason with capabilities information will become ever more important. This meeting is an attempt to advance the understanding of what capabilities are and of how they should be represented in information systems.		See [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Capabilities:_Human_and_Machine here]

	'''Venue:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonner+Hall,+Buffalo,+NY+14228/@43.0015347,-78.7892413,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d373d23c86618b:0x8c647cf93d29841c!8m2!3d43.0015347!4d-78.788147 Bonner Hall], University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Buffalo, NY

	~~'''Date:''' Friday, April 20, 2018~~

	~~'''Draft Schedule''' (still tentative)~~

	~~:1:00pm Introduction and Welcome~~

	~~:1:15pm Barry Smith: '''Defining 'Capability''''~~
	::*We will propose a definition of capabilities and illustrate its application to the consistent formulation of capabilities data of a range of different sorts, ranging from data relating to the skills of individual human beings to data about the capabilities and functions of large engineered systems.

	~~:2:15pm Peter Koch: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''~~
	::*We will ask, first, what is welfare? what is it for a human being to be faring well? We will then argue that welfare is best understood in terms of capabilities of the sort which are capable of being shared by all human beings. We will first explore the advantages of a capabilities-based approach over competing accounts, and then consider certain potential challenges to this approach.

	~~:3:15pm Break~~

	~~:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''~~
	::*We will provide an overview of different aspects of manufacturing capability and then focus on a use case for representing manufacturing capability in the context of supply chain formation . We will conclude with the preliminary design of an ontology for manufacturing capabilities precision machining and additive manufacturing.

	~~'''~~[http://~~ontology~~.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.

	~~'''[http:~~//www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: ~~Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).~~

	'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/ Peter Koch]''' is a clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University who researches the theoretical foundations of patient welfare and the related notions of harm, benefit, health, and capabilities. His current project is developing and applying an account of capabilities-based welfare to help guide the patient goals of care and to ground welfare-based ethical principles in bioethics.

	~~'''Sponsors'''~~
	*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]
	*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]

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	:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''		:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''
			::*We will provide an overview of different aspects of manufacturing capability and then focus on a use case for representing manufacturing capability in the context of supply chain formation . We will conclude with the preliminary design of an ontology for manufacturing capabilities precision machining and additive manufacturing.

	'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.		'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.

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	:1:15pm Barry Smith: '''Defining 'Capability''''		:1:15pm Barry Smith: '''Defining 'Capability''''
	:*We will propose a definition of capabilities and illustrate its application to the consistent formulation of capabilities data of a range of different sorts, ranging from data relating to the skills of individual human beings to data about the capabilities and functions of large engineered systems.		::*We will propose a definition of capabilities and illustrate its application to the consistent formulation of capabilities data of a range of different sorts, ranging from data relating to the skills of individual human beings to data about the capabilities and functions of large engineered systems.

	:2:15pm Peter Koch: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''		:2:15pm Peter Koch: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''
	:*We will ask, first, what is welfare? what is it for a human being to be faring well? We will then argue that welfare is best understood in terms of capabilities of the sort which are capable of being shared by all human beings. We will first explore the advantages of a capabilities-based approach over competing accounts, and then consider certain potential challenges to this approach.		::*We will ask, first, what is welfare? what is it for a human being to be faring well? We will then argue that welfare is best understood in terms of capabilities of the sort which are capable of being shared by all human beings. We will first explore the advantages of a capabilities-based approach over competing accounts, and then consider certain potential challenges to this approach.

	:3:15pm Break		:3:15pm Break

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	:'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.		'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.

	:'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).		'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).

	:'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/ Peter Koch]''' is a clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University who researches the theoretical foundations of patient welfare and the related notions of harm, benefit, health, and capabilities. His current project is developing and applying an account of capabilities-based welfare to help guide the patient goals of care and to ground welfare-based ethical principles in bioethics.		'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/ Peter Koch]''' is a clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University who researches the theoretical foundations of patient welfare and the related notions of harm, benefit, health, and capabilities. His current project is developing and applying an account of capabilities-based welfare to help guide the patient goals of care and to ground welfare-based ethical principles in bioethics.

	'''Sponsors'''		'''Sponsors'''
	*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]		*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]
	*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]		*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]

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	'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith] is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.		'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.

	'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).		'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).

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	:1:15pm ~~[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith~~ Barry Smith]: '''Defining 'Capability''''		:1:15pm Barry Smith: '''Defining 'Capability''''
			*We will propose a definition of capabilities and illustrate its application to the consistent formulation of capabilities data of a range of different sorts, ranging from data relating to the skills of individual human beings to data about the capabilities and functions of large engineered systems.

	:2:15pm ~~[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/~~ Peter Koch]: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''		:2:15pm Peter Koch: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''
			*We will ask, first, what is welfare? what is it for a human being to be faring well? We will then argue that welfare is best understood in terms of capabilities of the sort which are capable of being shared by all human beings. We will first explore the advantages of a capabilities-based approach over competing accounts, and then consider certain potential challenges to this approach.

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	:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''		:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''

	[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri] is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).		'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith] is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.

			'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).

			'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/ Peter Koch]''' is a clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University who researches the theoretical foundations of patient welfare and the related notions of harm, benefit, health, and capabilities. His current project is developing and applying an account of capabilities-based welfare to help guide the patient goals of care and to ground welfare-based ethical principles in bioethics.

	'''Sponsors'''		'''Sponsors'''
	*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]		*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]
	*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]		*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]

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	:3:30pm [http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]: ~~Keynote Lecture: '''Representing~~ Manufacturing ~~Capabilities'''~~		:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''

			[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri] is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).

	'''Sponsors'''		'''Sponsors'''
	*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]		*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]
	*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]		*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]

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	A capability is an attribute of a person or thing which brings benefits when realized. A hospital trauma system has capabilities and so also does a factory or an orchestra. Capabilities play a role in many kinds of decision-making. Clinicians must deal with human capabilities such as the ability of patients to cope with pain or to follow doctors' instructions. Systems engineers must deal with the capabilities of both the mechanical elements of a system and also the human beings who will operate and maintain it. As information technology becomes involved in ever more aspects of healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, the ability to reason with capabilities information will become ever more important. This meeting is an attempt to advance the understanding of what capabilities are and of how they should be represented in information systems.		A capability is an attribute of a person or thing which brings benefits when realized. A hospital trauma system has capabilities and so also does a factory or an orchestra. Capabilities play a role in many kinds of decision-making. The job of educational institutions is to raise capabilities. Clinicians must deal with human capabilities such as the ability of patients to cope with pain or to follow doctors' instructions. Systems engineers must deal with the capabilities of both the mechanical elements of a system and also the human beings who will operate and maintain it. As information technology becomes involved in ever more aspects of healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, the ability to reason with capabilities information will become ever more important. This meeting is an attempt to advance the understanding of what capabilities are and of how they should be represented in information systems.

	'''Venue:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonner+Hall,+Buffalo,+NY+14228/@43.0015347,-78.7892413,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d373d23c86618b:0x8c647cf93d29841c!8m2!3d43.0015347!4d-78.788147 Bonner Hall], University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Buffalo, NY		'''Venue:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonner+Hall,+Buffalo,+NY+14228/@43.0015347,-78.7892413,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d373d23c86618b:0x8c647cf93d29841c!8m2!3d43.0015347!4d-78.788147 Bonner Hall], University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Buffalo, NY

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	A capability is an attribute of a person or thing~~, or of a system of persons and things,~~ which brings benefits when realized. Capabilities play a role in many kinds of decision-making. Clinicians must deal with human capabilities such as the ability of patients to cope with pain or to follow doctors' instructions. Systems engineers must deal with the capabilities of both the mechanical elements of a system and also the human beings who will operate and maintain it. As information technology becomes involved in ever more aspects of healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, the ability to reason with capabilities information will become ever more important. This meeting is an attempt to advance the understanding of what capabilities are and of how they should be represented in information systems.		A capability is an attribute of a person or thing which brings benefits when realized. A hospital trauma system has capabilities and so also does a factory or an orchestra. Capabilities play a role in many kinds of decision-making. Clinicians must deal with human capabilities such as the ability of patients to cope with pain or to follow doctors' instructions. Systems engineers must deal with the capabilities of both the mechanical elements of a system and also the human beings who will operate and maintain it. As information technology becomes involved in ever more aspects of healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, the ability to reason with capabilities information will become ever more important. This meeting is an attempt to advance the understanding of what capabilities are and of how they should be represented in information systems.

	'''Venue:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonner+Hall,+Buffalo,+NY+14228/@43.0015347,-78.7892413,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d373d23c86618b:0x8c647cf93d29841c!8m2!3d43.0015347!4d-78.788147 Bonner Hall], University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Buffalo, NY		'''Venue:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonner+Hall,+Buffalo,+NY+14228/@43.0015347,-78.7892413,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d373d23c86618b:0x8c647cf93d29841c!8m2!3d43.0015347!4d-78.788147 Bonner Hall], University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Buffalo, NY

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	:1:15pm Barry Smith: '''Defining 'Capability''''		:1:15pm Barry Smith: '''Defining 'Capability''''
	*We will propose a definition of capabilities and illustrate its application to the consistent formulation of capabilities data of a range of different sorts, ranging from data relating to the skills of individual human beings to data about the capabilities and functions of large engineered systems.		:*We will propose a definition of capabilities and illustrate its application to the consistent formulation of capabilities data of a range of different sorts, ranging from data relating to the skills of individual human beings to data about the capabilities and functions of large engineered systems.

	:2:15pm Peter Koch: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''		:2:15pm Peter Koch: '''Representing Human Capabilities'''
	*We will ask, first, what is welfare? what is it for a human being to be faring well? We will then argue that welfare is best understood in terms of capabilities of the sort which are capable of being shared by all human beings. We will first explore the advantages of a capabilities-based approach over competing accounts, and then consider certain potential challenges to this approach.		:*We will ask, first, what is welfare? what is it for a human being to be faring well? We will then argue that welfare is best understood in terms of capabilities of the sort which are capable of being shared by all human beings. We will first explore the advantages of a capabilities-based approach over competing accounts, and then consider certain potential challenges to this approach.

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	:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''		:3:30pm Farhad Ameri: Keynote Lecture: '''Representing Manufacturing Capabilities'''

	'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.		:'''[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]''' is well-known for his contributions to both theoretical and applied ontology. Most recently has has been working on the development of the NIST Industrial Ontologies Foundry, intended as a suite of consensus-based ontologies to support interoperability of digital manufacturing software.

	'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).		:'''[http://www.txstate.edu/technology/contacts/faculty/ameri.html Farhad Ameri]''' is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Texas State University. His research is focused on knowledge-based engineering in design and manufacturing applications, ontology engineering, and design theory and methodology. Ontologies developed in his research group include: Requirements Ontology (ReqOn), Fixture Ontology (Fixon), Maintenance Diagnosis Ontology (DiagOnt), and Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL).

	'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/ Peter Koch]''' is a clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University who researches the theoretical foundations of patient welfare and the related notions of harm, benefit, health, and capabilities. His current project is developing and applying an account of capabilities-based welfare to help guide the patient goals of care and to ground welfare-based ethical principles in bioethics.		:'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-koch-05627a99/ Peter Koch]''' is a clinical ethics consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University who researches the theoretical foundations of patient welfare and the related notions of harm, benefit, health, and capabilities. His current project is developing and applying an account of capabilities-based welfare to help guide the patient goals of care and to ground welfare-based ethical principles in bioethics.

	'''Sponsors'''		'''Sponsors'''
	*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]		*[http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainablemanufacturingandadvancedrobotictechnologies.htmlSMART Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies]
	*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]		*[https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/ncor/ National Center for Ontological Research]